Rabbinical Congress
Participants from all over Russia gathered in Kaliningrad for a rabbinical congress and visited the the Jewish Museum on the History of the Jews in Königsberg.
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Inauguration of the mikvah
A mikvah in Kaliningrad (Königsberg) with sections for women, men and objects.
A Mikveh for Kaliningrad
There was great joy that, after more than 80 years, there was once again such a facility for Jewish life in the town.
The museum online and on site
SEP 2022 – The museum is in operation The Jewish Museum in the Kaliningrad Synagogue started its operation on September 18, 2022. The first visitors
Preview Museum Synagogue Kaliningrad
What happened at the site of the synagogue? The exhibits in the museum tell about it.
Trailer about the planned Museum
English with Hebrew subtitles Short clip about the coming museum in the Synagogue of Kaliningrad, the former Königsberg. Link to our Museum web page
East Prussian Heritage
Ostpreußische Erbschaft – a new article in the German newspaper Jüdische Allgemeine about the present museum project in Kaliningrad.
History – rewritten in the Kaliningrad Synagogue
Prof. Ruth Leiserowitz will talk Nov 7th in Olsztyn (Poland) about the history and the revival of Jewish life in Kaliningrad in her lecture entitled “Synagogue in Kaliningrad – a history written anew”.
Talks in Kaliningrad
Space – feelings – decades – stories – fates – Interim status August 2021 Talks were held in Kaliningrad, technical details of the museum, located
Index of Jews in Königsberg evaluated
We are pleased to announce that thanks to the cooperation of Ralph Salinger in Israel (JewishVilkaviskis.org) and Michael Leiserowitz from the Association of Jews in East Prussia, another source has been added to the database “Jews in Königsberg”. It will one day become the basis for an information centre on Jews in Königsberg.